more on FEC considers banning Moore's 9/11 movie ads under McCain-Feingold...

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: h_bray () globe com
Date: June 24, 2004 10:16:34 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on FEC considers banning Moore's 9/11 movie ads 
under McCain-Feingold...


I think this issue IS a big deal, because it highlights the severe
stupidity of McCain-Feingold.  I actually hope that the FEC tries to
enforce this absurd ban, because it would finally illustrate to the 
public
the outrageous idiocy of setting limits of what Americans can say 
DURING AN
ELECTION!  What part of the First Amendment did McCain, Feingold, the 
rest
of the Congress, the president and the Supreme Court fail to understand?
If ever there were a flagrant violation of the Constitution,
McCain-Feingold is it.



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From: Dana Blankenhorn <dana () a-clue com>
Date: June 24, 2004 5:43:49 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] FEC considers banning Moore's 9/11 movie ads under
McCain-Feingold...

Let me first say I'm a Democrat.

I don't think this decision matters a whole lot. Even big movies don't
get
advertised a full month after their launch. And if the opening is as
big as
people think, Moore will be able to market the DVD through an e-mail
list on
his own site, and those sites which link to it. (According to
Blogstreet,
Moore's site is among the 100 most-linked to blog sites.) The movie is
very
likely to have an even bigger impact on the election with this decision
than
it would have otherwise.

I can't speak to the impact on other film advertising.

Of course, to get around all this Moore could, if he wished, simply
become a
broadcaster....as the NRA has
(http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/16/91407.shtml)

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> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:42:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Subj: FEC considers banning Moore's 9/11 movie ads under
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> Fahrenheit 9/11 ban?
> Ads for Moores movie could be stopped on July 30
> By Alexander Bolton
>
> Michael Moore may be prevented from advertising his controversial new
> movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, on television or radio after July 30 if the
> Federal Election Commission (FEC) today accepts the legal advice of
> its general counsel.
>
> At the same time, a Republican-allied 527 soft-money group is
> preparing to file a complaint against Moores film with the FEC for
> violating campaign-finance law.
>
> In a draft advisory opinion placed on the FECs agenda for todays
> meeting, the agencys general counsel states that political documentary
> filmmakers may not air television or radio ads referring to federal
> candidates within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a
> general election.
>
> The opinion is generated under the new McCain-Feingold
> campaign-finance law, which prohibits corporate-funded ads that
> identify a federal candidate before a primary or general election.
>
> [...]
>
> The FEC ruling may also affect promotion of a slew of other upcoming
> political documentaries and films, such as Uncovered: The Whole Truth
> About the Iraq War, which opens in August, The Corporation, about
> democratic institutions being subsumed by the corporate agenda, or
> Silver City, a recently finished film by John Sayles that criticizes
> the Bush administration.
>
> Another film, The Hunting of the President, which investigates whether
> Bill Clinton was the victim of a vast conspiracy, could be subject to
> regulations if it mentions Bush or members of Congress in its ads.
>
> Since the FEC considers the Republican presidential convention
> scheduled to begin Aug. 30 a national political primary in which Bush
> is a candidate, Moore and other politically oriented filmmakers could
> not air any ad mentioning Bush after July 30.
>
> That could make advertising for the film after July difficult since it
> is all about the Bush administration and what Moore regards as its
> mishandling of the war on terrorism and the decision to invade Iraq.
>
> [...]
>
>
> (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is
> distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior
> interest in receiving the included information for research and
> educational purposes.)
>
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> Berkeley.
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